Background
Davidson, Thomas Lea was born on June 26, 1931 in Jersey City. Son of Thomas Burleigh and Myra Lea Davidson.
Davidson, Thomas Lea was born on June 26, 1931 in Jersey City. Son of Thomas Burleigh and Myra Lea Davidson.
Bachelor, Dartmouth College, 1953, Master of Business Administration, 1956. ABD, Northwestern University, 1958.
; married Karen Ida Peterson, October 7, 1978. Children: Myra-Lea Davidson Shaw, Melinda Reed Davidson Lamott, Thomas Alger, Sarah Burleigh Davidson Palmer, James Benjamin. Instructor Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1956-1958.
Assistant professor, associate director graduate studies in business U. Connecticut, Storrs, 1958-1964.
Vice president East.L. Reilly Company. New York City, 1964-1965.
Senior project director to vice president-director marketing Oxtoby-Smith, Incorporated., New York City, 1965-1972, executive vice president Clement-Smith, Incorporated., Washington, 1972-1973, Davidson-Lasco, New York City, 1973-1974. Principal, president Davidson-Peterson Associations, Incorporated., Maine, 1974-1981, principal, chief Executive officer, since 1981.
Director New England Management Company, Incorporated, New York Realty Development Corporation.
Advisory board New Hampshire College and University Council, 1972-1974. Consultant United States Select Committee on Small Business, 1961. Technical consultant Outdoor Recreation Resources Review Commission, 1958-1960.
Lecturer Management Center de Mexico, A-C, 1973-1975.
Adjunct associate professor Pace University, 1980-1982. Adjunct faculty tourism and travel administration New School Social Research, since 1981.
Lecturer in graduate economics U. Bridgeport, 1962-1963. Adjunct faculty Whittemore School Business, U. New Hampshire, 1983-1984.
Consultant Stanford Research Institute, 1959-1961.
Lecturer American Management Association, 1968-1977. Trustee, Berwick Academy, South Berwick, Maine, 1968-1981, president, 1970-1974. Member Industrial Development Commission, Mansfield, Connecticut, 1962-1964.
Assistant scoutmaster Mauwehu council Boy Scouts American, 1967-1970.
Moderator First Congressional Church South Norwalk, 1966-1968. Member Maine Vacation Travel Commission,1983-1987, chairman research and development committee, 1984-1987.
Senior associate Tourism Policy Forum, 1988.
Trustee Berwick Academy, South Berwick, Maine, 1968—1981, president, 1970—1974. Assistant scoutmaster Mauwehu council Boy Scouts Aerica, 1967—1970. Member Maine Vacation Travel Commission, 1983—1987.
Chairman research & development committee First Congressional Church South Norwalk, 1984—1987. Senior associate Tourism Policy Forum, 1988. Moderator First Congressional Church South Norwalk, 1966—1968.
Member Industrial Development Commission, Mansfield, Connecticut, 1962—1964. Member of Travel & Tourism Research Association, Association Secondary Schools Chairman, Consumer Research Association, Association Travel Marketing Executives (national certified chairman since 1991), Coun American Survey Research Organizations (chairman business practices committee 1979-1981, chairman long range planning committee 1981, chairman 1985, chairman annual workshop 1989), American Marketing Association (chairman publications board 1973-1975), Army & Navy Club, New York Athletic Club.
Married Nancy Alger, 1953 (divorced 1977). Married Karen Ida Peterson, October 7, 1978. Children: Myra-Lea Davidson Shaw, Melinda Reed Davidson Lamott, Thomas Alger, Sarah Burleigh Davidson Palmer, James Benjamin.